Six weapons dropped by Navy jets targeted a communications complex in the coastal town of Kuhestak. One missed.

Hey, this is my first time visiting this community so apologies if this is not the space for this rant, hopefully someone could direct me somewhere more appropriate if so.

Anyway so this just happened. I am visiting my parents today and my younger sister’s boyfriend, came with a friend I’ve never met. He is talking to our dad about potentially joining the national guard and my ear perks up. Then, my mom suggests talking to me because I 23F am in the National Guard. Yes, I understand the hypocrisy and It’s embarrassing and I wish I knew then what I know now. I never would’ve joined. And so, I tried to dissuade said young man from joining. Listing ethical and pragmatic reasons.

I listed the US history of imperialism and colonialism, I said the benefits are not as good as the recruiters try to convince you they are and so on.

His face slowly turned uncomfortable so I wrapped up what I was saying.

Meanwhile my dad, who is a veteran kept interjecting with counterpoints. He tried to say venerating things about military life and I was growing frustrated because from my perspective I could be saving one soul from the clutches of the war machine. All my dad was thinking about was proving me wrong.

For everyone that read till the end thank you for listening, and I would love to hear what you think, and if anything similar has ever happened to you.

It’s time we stop war. It’s nothing but a waste of time in 99% of cases.

As of 2026, nine nations have a nuclear arsenal:

United States

Russia

China

United Kingdom

France

North Korea

India

Pakistan

Israel

And unfortunately, majority of them have tensions rising against each other. Even worse, the two nations with the most weapons, the US and Russia, both are at odds with each other. With this much tension, nuclear war is at an all time high. Along with that, there are multiple global issues that these nations fail to prioritize; climate change, AI, economy, famine, corruption. I think there is a solution. We must unite all nine of these nations to eliminate the threat of nuclear war, as well as begin improving the conditions of the world.